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The latest available consumer-price index covering September showed the following changes over the preceding year:
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
The study highlights an increasingly important concern: Earth's temperature is not only rising, but has been rising considerably faster in recent years than during the preceding decades.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
By contrast, they’ve lost 4% annualized during the preceding six months.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
In 2020 Network Rail said Trafle Mill bridge in Gowerton, Swansea, had been hit 33 times in the preceding decade, the most of any bridge in Wales and the border areas.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
In the preceding weeks, Brooklyn had traveled by transatlantic jet, high-speed train, and unmarked spy plane.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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